Catering Service

Southern California's Best On Site Barbecue Catering Service

We have catered many parties and look forward to catering yours. We are now booking for the rest of the spring and summer.

Call BBQ 81 at (619) 534-0874 to speak with the owner, Brandon Jessie.

We're willing to work with you to meet your event needs. Whether you're interested in an on site cooking display that serves as a form of entertainment and allows guests to get their meal "hot off the grill", or you just need great food delivered warm, discretely, and on time, we can help.

We offer 2 Different Service Plans:

1.Drop Off/ Full Service - Same as drop off but we set up with chaffing dishes and include servers.

2.Full Service- We cook for you on site with our grills. You'll get the ambiance of down home cooking without the hassle of setting up or cleaning up. One or two servers, depending on the size of party. Also supplied is a full set up of chaffing dishes, plates, napkins, utensils.

** Due to all different types of parties and budgets BBQ 81 does not list pricing; we will work with everyone's budget to find the best party package for them.

Contact Us and we will take care of you. We do corporate luncheons, weddings, birthdays, broker tours, school functions, store grand openings, you name it!...Anything and everything.

Catering Menu

Everything we prepare at BBQ 81 is of the highest quality. All our meats are grilled over mesquite or oak and are cooked without par boiling or baking. Side dishes are made from scratch, and beleive me, you will taste the difference. Others may cut corners to save time of for convenience but we believe these shortcuts show up in the end product that your guests eat. That's why BBQ 81 has the best BBQ around, we do it the right way.

Entree Items:

Tri-tip Roast

Deeply marinated using secrets I learned from Santa Maria. Slowly cooked for hours to give you the most tender and flavorful meat you've ever had, you will definetly be back for more.

Smoked Hot Links

What can I say. Everyone loves links!! These bad boys are good.

Burgers and Dogs

We do ½ Lb. burgers or ¾ Lb. burgers. We also do garden or veggie burgers for the non meat eaters. Hot dogs are big and juicy and are all beef. Burgers and dogs comes with all the trimmings.

BBQ Baby Back Ribs

You have to see it to believe it. These babies are rubbed the right way and then cooked slow and low to where the meat falls off the bone. These are something special!!!

BBQ Pulled Pork

We only use bone-in pork picnic shoulder cut for this dish, its slow cooked with a mopped base to keep it nice and fork-tender. Great for sandwiches or by itself.

Pork Tender Loin:

Marinated and grilled to have a juicy tender middle with a slight crisp on the outside. Very very good.

Barbecue Chicken

(Whole, Pieces, or Boneless Breast) Our chicken is marinated and rubbed with special herbs and spices, then cooked slowly to perfection. This is one dish you do not want to miss.Note: Slow cooked chicken will look pink on some areas, it is not raw, it is just cooked the right way.

Barbequed Salmon

Grilled using a butter-lemon-garlic based sauce that I invented by accident one day. Very moist inside and slightly crispy on the outside. This is very popular with my vegetarian friends...

Side items:

Mac-N-Cheese

Homemade with a blend of cheeses, this recipe goes way back- You 'gotta try it!

Baked Beans

These beans are cooked for 4 hours with brown sugar, mustard, and a few more things I can't tell you about. These beans are very flavorful and sweet.

Cole Slaw

Home made with crushed garlic. This coleslaw is nothing like you've had before.

Collared Greens

That's right greens! Cooked with a special blend of spices and smoked turkey meat to give you that authentic taste.

Green or Caesar Salad

Made fresh with two dressing choices for the green salad.

Macaroni Salad

This island style salad is one that is guaranteed to please.

Potato Salad

A great side for any BBQ dish.

Corn Coblets

Kernels of sweet corn cooked with a butter and sugar based roux that complements all meats.

Green Beans with Bacon

This one is an old recipe from pops. Green beans cooked with fried bacon - a great dish!

BBQ Spaghetti

That's right, barbecued spaghetti. Don't ask, just try it. Made with a heart-stopping amount of beef.